18 NOVEMBER 1876, Page 3

The Sydney Morning Herald of September 21 states that on

the night of Sunday, the 10th Sep tember, a gale along- the coast reached the enormous and unheard-of velocity of 153 miles per hour. The highest previously-known velocity was one of from 100 to 120 miles per hour, and that only for a few minutes at the highest point of the gale. It is curious that the pressure given as resulting from this tremendous gale is only 117 lb. on the square foot—which would not be much more than an addition of 5 per cent, to the ordinary pressure of the atmosphere (namely, 15 lb. on the square inch, or 15 x 144, or 2,160 lb. on the square foot). But perhaps there may be some error.